Design Debate 2026

Posted by peterlunenfeld on April 22nd, 2026 filed in Uncategorized
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I’ll be participating in the next Design Debate during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on October 23, 2026 at the Next Nature Museum.


Wrestling and Philosophy

Posted by peterlunenfeld on April 22nd, 2026 filed in Uncategorized
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Geert Lovink and the Institute of Network Cultures continues to publish my letters from LA to Europe on the permacrisis of American politics. This one weaves from Gorgeous George to Candace Owens.


Latest Elon AI Report

Posted by peterlunenfeld on April 22nd, 2026 filed in Uncategorized
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I was asked to participate in the latest Elon University report on the Digital Future, this time on resilience in an age of AI. I noted: “We have to hold both the threats and the promise in our consciousnesses simultaneously. The AI systems that we have been developing are an astonishing leap and can be harnessed to stupendous impact if decisions and implementations are driven not just bythe market’s shareholders but by society’s stakeholders – that is to say, all of us affected by the technologies, which is another way of saying all of us – period.


Future Street Video

Posted by peterlunenfeld on December 4th, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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Giving the Faculty Research Lecture in its hundredth year was highlight of my career at UCLA. This video captures the afternoon’s dialogue, and the university provided a nice write-up as well.


Dialogue with Patrik Svensson

Posted by peterlunenfeld on December 1st, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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Was delighted to host Patrik Svensson and have a discussion afterwards about his concept of “aspirational humanities.” Video here.


The American Klein Bottle

Posted by peterlunenfeld on July 14th, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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Holo.mg featured one of my “Letters to European Friends” about the present crisis, this one on the disappearance of distinction between surface and superstructure.


Watch this space…

Posted by peterlunenfeld on July 14th, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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I so appreciate having been selected for the 25-26 UCLA Faculty Research Lecture. The university’s senate chooses two scholars a year, one from the sciences and the other from the arts and humanities, and describes the recipients of this award as “exemplary of UCLA’s commitment to research excellence.”


Essay in North North South

Posted by peterlunenfeld on July 11th, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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I have a short essay in Ayda Gragossian‘s new book of LA photographs, North North South, just out from London-based Gost Books.


More on the neosynthetic

Posted by peterlunenfeld on April 2nd, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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The latest Imagining the Digital Future Center report (used to be the Pew Report) is on the impact of AI. The line they are citing from my contribution is: “AI will be both the marble and the chisel, the brush and the canvas, the camera and the frame.”  Here’s the full essay. 


Let the moment fly…

Posted by peterlunenfeld on March 24th, 2025 filed in Uncategorized
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Episode 81: “LA Light, LA Darkness,” or Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye w/Professor Peter Lunenfeld

I was invited to join Episode 81 of Upper Middlebrow, Jesse Dukes and Chris Bagg’s wonderful podcast in which they “discuss high-craft works of popular culture.” This one is titled, “LA Light, LA Darkness, or Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye”. If you don’t recognize the reference to Johnny Mercer’s lyrics on John Williams’ soundtrack, enjoy Jack Shelton’s great version of the song.